Rockstar announced today that the intersecting sagas of Niko Bellic, Johnny Klebitz and Luis Lopez in Grand Theft Auto IV and Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City are now all playable via Xbox One Backwards Compatibility.

“All versions of the game, including Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition, are compatible on Xbox One. Digital game owners have instant access on Xbox One, so they can download Grand Theft Auto IV directly from the “Ready to Install” section of their Xbox One and play at will,” Rockstar confirmed today.

“Physical game owners can just insert the Xbox 360 game disc into their Xbox One and download the game.

“Your original game saves will also transfer if you have saved your game to the Cloud Saved Games feature on Xbox 360.

“Anyone who doesn't already have Grand Theft Auto IV can get it from the Xbox Store on Xbox One, along with The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony.”

Xbox One Backwards Compatibility Games 2017
Tue, January 17, 2017

All the Xbox One Backwards Compatibility Games added in 2017 so far.

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GTA IV has proved a massive hit, with the title seeing a huge increase in sales on Amazon and it’s easy to see why.

Apart from being one of the most popular games on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC when it was originally launched, it also sits near the top of the official most-requested page run by Microsoft.

Having garnered over 80,000 votes, it can be said to be one of latest big games from the Xbox 360 ported over since the likes of Bioshock.

And it wasn’t the only game to make the list, with another popular title arriving earlier in the week.

The Xbox One backwards compatibility list expanded on Tuesday, as Microsoft added another Xbox 360 classic.